This strategy is working well with local businesses (no cold calling etc)

by Suseela

Posted: 11 years ago 20 replies

OFFLINE MARKETING

I tend to just use social media with this approach.

Hey Julz (I always try and find their name if I can),

I just noticed you are on Facebook as well.

I just wanted to drop you a quick line about a free report about getting us local business owners on the first page of Google. If you Google 'pest control palmerston north' you will see A1 Pest Control (my company) on the first page as well as the video that promotes my business.

Would you like a copy of the report?

~ Su

For those that do, I follow up with:

Hey Michelle,

In that case take a look at www.listyourbusinesstoday.info

What marketing strategies are you currently finding most effective to promote your business?

#businesses #calling #cold #local #strategy #working

KMalo

11 years ago

On what basis is it working well? Have you actually made any sales? How many?

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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by user2153

On what basis is it working well? Have you actually made any sales? How many?

A great question.

It never ceases to amaze me when you read testimonials on WSO's where people don't have any real results, but it's the greatest WSO

Enough ranting

If you think you can make sales from two emails, good luck with that.

This is design so that either the potential client contacts you or when you do pick up the phone, they know who you are and a receptive to what you have to say.

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abbot

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Suseela

A great question.

It never ceases to amaze me when you read testimonials on WSO's where people don't have any real results, but it's the greatest WSO

Enough ranting

I think he's asking because it sounds like a pile of shit.

You mean to tell me I can get on FB and blast out shitloads of messages to people I'm not even friends with? O.o

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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by abbot

I think he's asking because it sounds like a pile of shit.

You mean to tell me I can get on FB and blast out shitloads of messages to people I'm not even friends with? O.o

Hey abbot,

For people like you and your attitude, obviously not.

Documentation beats over conversation every time. If one leads with value (the complete opposite of you) then yes it can and does work.

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abbot

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Suseela

lol that doesn't mean that Facebook will still let you send mass messages to people...

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Suseela 11 years ago

Originally Posted by abbot

lol that doesn't mean that Facebook will still let you send mass messages to people...

As I say, if it is done the right way, it works fine.

As the sayings go: 'documentation beats conversation every time' and 'the proof is in the pudding'.

If people can see the value in this strategy great, if not, that is fine as well. Nothing is for everyone and in case I haven't mentioned already, I simply shared the original post because it is working for me as far as getting prospective people contacting me or been open and warm when I choose to call them.

All the best.

~ Suseela
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Aaron Doud

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Suseela

www.listyourbusinesstoday.info

Originally Posted by Suseela

As the sayings go: 'documentation beats conversation every time' and 'the proof is in the pudding'.

Since you believe this and I agree I will offer this. If you provide proof that your emails have made you real income. Let's say $1,000 or more. I will give you a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant of your choice (as long as they allow me to buy online as gift).

Here is your chance to prove it to all the doubters. And I am willing to pay you for your time in providing the proof. So dinner for you and 1 to 3 guests is on me if you are willing to provide proof that this works.

EDIT: Just want to say I really love the puppet on their main page. Puppet videos rock.

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vndnbrgj 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Aaron Doud

EDIT: Just want to say I really love the puppet on their main page. Puppet videos rock.

Gotta love Fiverr.....

Professorpuppet will record a custom video about anything you like for $5, only on fiverr.com
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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Aaron Doud

So basically you are driving traffic to your imglobal affiliate link with this?

The redirect goes here: https://imglobal.me/1026/c/262

And the best part about it is that the background is from wallpaper77.com. How do i know? The very "professional" background still has their watermark on it. :rolleyes:

Did you set the background or is that the default background that imgolbal gave you?

Since you believe this and I agree I will offer this. If you provide proof that your emails have made you real income. Let's say $1,000 or more. I will give you a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant of your choice (as long as they allow me to buy online as gift).

Here is your chance to prove it to all the doubters. And I am willing to pay you for your time in providing the proof. So dinner for you and 1 to 3 guests is on me if you are willing to provide proof that this works.

EDIT: Just want to say I really love the puppet on their main page. Puppet videos rock.

Oh Aaron,

I really hoped you were better then that.

I am surprised with your critical critique that you didn't pick up that it is NOT an affiliate link, simply the landing page where people can request the free report.

How can you be so critical at the content and at the same time over look the obvious?

How many times do I have to repeat myself, that it's the approach strategy and not designed to make the sale???

Persoanlly I wouldn't waste my time trying to prove anything to the doubters. I have already stated why I posted in the first place.

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krzysiek

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Suseela

So this isn't actually working then?

If it was working in generating you leads, you would have said so. You've made no reference to it. This is why people are skeptical of you, because there has been no reference to stats or figures.

In fact, you didn't even mention that it is generating leads that you can then turn in to sales. All you said is, "this is working well" -- what does that actually mean for you?

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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by krzysiek

Of course it works.

What's wrong with some of you?

Where did I ever say it was for getting sales? Where was I not clear about it been the approach that I have found works well??

Excuse me, but what did I say in the 3rd comment from top? If that isn't clear enough for you regarding what it is designed to do, then I don't know what is. I also made other references in other posts. I can only assume from your comment above, that English isn't your first language as I certainly made it clear it was the approach strategy that I am using and have found most effective.

OK, just to clarify what I mean by works well is that it works better then any other strategy I have tried including ones sold on here as WSO's to get in front of qualified prospects or talk to qualified prospects on the phone.

Hopefully that is clear enough for you?

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krzysiek

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Suseela

Of course it works.

What's wrong with some of you?

Where did I ever say it was for getting sales? Where was I not clear about it been the approach that I have found works well??

Originally Posted by Suseela

I can only assume from your comment above, that English isn't your first language as I certainly made it clear it was the approach strategy that I am using and have found most effective.

Not that I am surprised, but your assumption is far from correct.

Originally Posted by Suseela

OK, just to clarify what I mean by works well is that it works better then any other strategy I have tried including ones sold on here as WSO's to get in front of qualified prospects or talk to qualified prospects on the phone.

Hopefully that is clear enough for you?

You may want to actually take a closer look at yourself before thinking the misunderstanding is with other people. After all, there is a reason several people didn't quite "catch" what you were trying to put forward in this thread.

Good on you for trying to help out, but let me summarise how I interpreted your first post.

You said you contacted business owners on Facebook, pitched them (whether directly or indirectly) and anyone who responded was directed to a link to submit their information.

Anyone can come in here and say they're directing business owners to a landing page. In my opinion, you didn't give away anything valuable in the post and you didn't actually quantify how this was working out for you in any valuable way.

Don't be offended, this is only my opinion. Good luck with your endeavors!

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abbot

Banned 11 years ago

It's a violation of the Facebook Terms to repeatedly send the same message or make the same post because this could be considered spam or harassment. We also ask that you respect our members by not contacting them for commercial purposes without their consent. If you'd like to use Facebook for your business, please create a Facebook Page.

Learn more about our policies by reviewing the Facebook Community Standards.

In defense of OP...

This works, I do it on Linkedin, which is considered social media.

This is however, a horrible marketing vertical to focus time and attention on because it breaks all social media TOS's.

You can not simply messages to random people with the intent of offering service. It's called spam.

Of course there is a way around, as with anything on the internet. I do it every week! It's not hard to beat the system...

What my point is...Don't waste time with methods like this. This is small scale and can't be upscaled...Get good at other methods and develop a real marketing plan.

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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by krzysiek

Given that we are in the offline forum, we're all about getting sales. When you say something is working really well, you can bet that the majority of people in this section of the forum are going to assume you mean it's working really well for generating sales.

Not that I am surprised, but your assumption is far from correct.

You may want to actually take a closer look at yourself before thinking the misunderstanding is with other people. After all, there is a reason several people didn't quite "catch" what you were trying to put forward in this thread.

Good on you for trying to help out, but let me summarise how I interpreted your first post.

You said you contacted business owners on Facebook, pitched them (whether directly or indirectly) and anyone who responded was directed to a link to submit their information.

Anyone can come in here and say they're directing business owners to a landing page. In my opinion, you didn't give away anything valuable in the post and you didn't actually quantify how this was working out for you in any valuable way.

Don't be offended, this is only my opinion. Good luck with your endeavors!

Fair enough.

We were looking at it from different perspectives. I can appreciate that.

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Aaron Doud

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Suseela

Oh Aaron,

I really hoped you were better then that.

I am surprised with your critical critique that you didn't pick up that it is NOT an affiliate link, simply the landing page where people can request the free report.

How can you be so critical at the content and at the same time over look the obvious?

How many times do I have to repeat myself, that it's the approach strategy and not designed to make the sale???

PersonallyI wouldn't waste my time trying to prove anything to the doubters. I have already stated why I posted in the first place.

1. Do you own imglobal? Maybe I don't understand what it is. The landing page looks like one set up by imglobal for someone in their program. Having not researched them I just based it on how it looked and used one of the many possible terms for what said relationship would be called.

2. I get tired of these thread where people claim one thing and everyone calls BS. If it's real I put my money where my mouth is to settle it.

3. How hard would it be to take a few screen shots. Seems worth a nice dinner to me. 5 mins? 10? Even at 10 mins that is the same as $600/hr which is good pay in anyone's book. Plus pwning me would be fun. Hell I'd enjoy it too. Though I'd miss the $100 bucks. Still worth it for the laughs we would all get from me looking like an idiot.

4. I really have no idea why you posted this. I believe I skimmed the thread too quickly.

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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Aaron Doud

1. Do you own imglobal? Maybe I don't understand what it is. The landing page looks like one set up by imglobal for someone in their program. Having not researched them I just based it on how it looked and used one of the many possible terms for what siad relationship would be called.

2. I get tired of these thread where people claim one thing and everyone calls BS. If it's real I put my money where my mouth is to settle it.

3. How hard would it be to take a few screen shots. Seems worth a nice dinner to me. 5 mins? 10? Even at 10 mins that is the same as $600/hr which is good pay in anyone's book. Plus pwning me would be fun. Hell I'd enjoy it too. Though I'd miss the $100 bucks. Still worth it for the laughs we would all get from me looking like and idiot.

4. I really have no idea why you posted this. I believe I skimmed the thread too quickly.

Hey Aaron,

1. No I don't own IMGlobal, though I am an affiliate as can see the benefits of their blogging system etc. Though for the report it has nothing to do with blogging and becoming an affiliate. Most small business owners are to busy for that anyway (at least in my opinion, that is the case).

2. I hear ya and unfortunately that is the case with to many WSO's. I only shared because it is working for me and thought it could help others.

3. I am not sure what you mean by screen shots though? Do you mean people who opt-in to get the report or people contacting me as a result of this approach? I would be happy to take you up on your offer

4. Was to simply share what I have found most effective as far as an approach goes.

If anyone has an approach that has worked well for them, why not post/share it? That has to be more helpful then simply criticizing, doesn't it?

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AndrewCavanagh

11 years ago

The idea of making a first contact with people through
facebook and online is a good one and it certainly can
work.

Ideally you need to be REALLY personal and avoid any
recommendation of anything.

There are ways of doing it that work very well getting
a high percentage of people contacting you back and
starting the relationship building process.

Keep in mind that if you're a marketer or consultant
selling services in the multiple thousands of dollars the
real key is in building deeper relationships.

Calling hundreds of people is simply not necessary.

What you need is to get in front of your best prospects in a
way that gets them to contact you.

That way your posture as an in demand expert is intact
and you're dealing with people who want to talk to you.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by AndrewCavanagh

I couldn't have said it better.

Thanks for that.

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Erica Leggette

11 years ago

I don't think you and your original post or the ones following can get any clearer.

Thanks for sharing whats working for you with us. If I was approached like that AND know for a fact that I need, want, & can possibly benefit from having that info, I would optin for the report before you could say ambesol.

Have you tried including the report in the first email?

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Suseela

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Erica Leggette

Thanks Erica.

I haven't tried sending it in the first message because I think it works better to ask permission first.

One could try it though. I think different strokes for different folks.

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